The League is Under Way

Fizzy's Fantasy Football League is now in its second week and things are beginning to take shape. Out in front is Ronnie and his Von Brauns 6 points clear of Keith's Do You Smell Gas? However, it's not all plain sailing for the bearded supremo. It seems that an administrative error on the part of the website running the league, has left him with ten players. Daniel Degano was priced erronouesly at £1M. He's been removed from the scoring and Ronnie is faced with the challenge of shuffling his side, but with a lack of funds, it's proving a difficult task. Dare he sacrifice his free scoring partnership of Baros and Jimmy Floyd?

Behind the Gas boys in third, is the league's highest placed lady, Nicola's curiously named CSFPG FC. With Erik Edman pulling in a debut 7 points and Lampard and Ljungberg firing in midfield, this side, that had no male help in its building, may be hard to dislodge from the top half of the table.

My Serenity Now lads are in fourth and I've made a move in the transfer market. Ex-Rangers firebrand Genaro Gattuso makes way for the Green and Gold of Liverpool's Aussie, Harry Kewell. With me having to wait until Serie A starts before my entire defence starts scoring points, the full force of Serenity Now has yet to be realised. However my cause hasn't been helped by the removal of my Manager one Paul Sturrock, meaning that I can't score any managerial points for the rest of the season.

The mysterious Neltic FC slot in behind me on 33 points with Djibril Cisse doing the business up front and Mellberg cleaning up at the back and sticking one in the net.

Another lady is in sixth position, with Karen's West Bam United and her Fulham flavoured recipe posting no negative points, despite having a couple of Crystal Palace players and a West Brommer in her ranks. Again though, there's an Italian mix and from Spain, Real Madrid's Zidane, and with those leagues yet to start WBU should soon be climbing the table.

Lokomotiv Sausages are in the second from last slot, but David has shipped his big liability Mark Schwarzer out, having sold 7 goals in two games, so perhaps the holes have been filled. With Jay-Jay Okocha in midfield there's sure to be more points coming.

Propping up the table on 16 points 31 adrift of the leader is pre tournament favourite and Double Euro 2004 Fantasy League winner Fizzy and his aptly named Big Fanny Failures. Like Sausages he survived a scare at the weekend when Barry Ferguson was booked twice though failed to be sent off. Had that happened he'd have been looking at the loss of 6 points. That could prove vital come the season's end. With a few players on minus points the Fanny Failures will be hoping that Serie A and La Liga's kick offs will help lift them off the bottom.

Early days all told and remember it's a marathon not a sprint, and a marathon you have to finish, not pack in when you think you're going to get beat.